[MEncoder-users] Recording TV (DVB-T) ?

[Stefan Sassenberg]

Hello Thierry,

nautic wrote:
> Hello,
> I'm quiet new in linux world and completly newbie on mplayer/mencoder.
> 
> I've no problem to watch TV with mplayer :
> 
> mplayer dvb://ARTE
> 
> The result is perfect !
> 
> But when I do :
> 
> mencoder dvb://ARTE -ovc copy -oac copy -idx -o ARTErec.avi
> 
> I get ARTErec.avi file, but enable to open it with mplayer :
> 
> Error opening/initializing the selected video_out (-vo) device
> 
> With vlc or totem software I only get sound but no video.
> 
> I don't know what to do ?
> 

instead of "-ovc copy -oac copy..." try to use the dumpstream/dumpfile 
options.

Stefan